[Board] Modification of OSGeo IRS application to 501c4

[Daniel Morissette]

On 13-08-30 1:13 PM, Jeff McKenna wrote:
> Hi Daniel,
>
> Thanks for this.  It is interesting that David refers to the OpenNTF
> situation in the IRS letter and mentions the person who helped them by
> name - excellent.  I was assuming this letter would also explain how
> OSGeo's activities meet (c)(4), but I guess that is somewhere else in
> the paperwork.
>

FYI, here is the response I got when I asked about the next steps and 
whether we should expect more rounds of back and forth before we get a 
response on 501c4 from IRS:

"""
Since Ms. Ardoin is a "specialist" it is possible that with the request 
to be granted tax exempt status as a 501(c)(4) the application will be 
turned over to an agent that works with 501(c)(4) organizations, which 
means that there may still be a wait involved before a determination 
letter is mailed out. It is David's hope that there is enough 
information from the 501(c)(3) filing to avoid any additional 
information request and that they can make a ruling with what has 
already been submitted. That should speed things up a bit.

Under ordinary circumstance, meaning an application that has not been 
sent to Washington for a specialist to review, the review time at this 
juncture in the process would only be 2-3 weeks before a determination 
letter was mailed. But since it has been a complication application and 
a specialist is involved it may take a little longer. In the meantime, 
we will hope that the letter comes sooner rather than later.
"""


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